A great win for Atlanta, GA! As we reported yesterday about PCNA’s office move, it is now official. Early this morning, Detlev von Platen, president and CEO of Porsche Cars North America met with Mayor Reed to announce the deal. Porsche Cars North America to create $100 million HQ with track on the old Ford site. Other Georgia locations and even states competed for the highly decorated brand. von Platen also described the move as being much more than just headquarters.
Complete with a 1.6 mile testing track, it will bring in roughly 20,000 extra visits from its customers.
Long time Atlanta residents, Porsche Cars North America is rumored to be moving its location to the old Ford plant site just outside of Hartsfield-Atlanta International Airport. In 1998, PCNA moved its offices from Reno, NV to Atlanta, GA. The plant was where the Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable were built. In 2006, Ford closed the plant and it has since been leveled. Continue reading ‘Future move for Porsche Cars North America to old Ford factory location’
Atlanta police say platinum-selling rapper Fabolous, whose real name in John Jackson, may have crucial information involving the theft of a rare sports car taken from the Intercontinental Hotel in Buckhead.
Channel 2 Action News consumer investigator Jim Strickland, who first broke the story last year, obtained surveillance video from the Intercontinental showing how the 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, one of only two brought in the United States, was taken. Continue reading ‘Rapper Fabolous has ties to stolen Lamborghini in Atlanta’
With the champagne flowing and the black tie crowd gathered, Porsche Cars North America, Inc. unveiled its first-ever four-door sports sedan – the Panamera – at a posh Buckhead venue Oct. 1.
CEO Detlev von Platen stood near the gleaming luxury sedan, on loan from Germany, as he chatted enthusiastically about the model’s unique combination of sports car horse power – as in 500 horsepower – and comfortable amenities.
Last Tuesday night, we were invited to the debut of the Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni at Lamborghini Atlanta. It was a spectacular evening with two models (Blue/Orange) present, as well as Valentino Balboni himself. (We have his speech and it will be up soon). Granted we’ve all seen the images, video and reviews but now it was in the flesh for us.
We brought our FlipHD along for the trip and heres what we witnessed. Hope you enjoy as much as we did!
We just posted a few pieces on our gas shortage and why you need to use premium if your car calls for it. Here is a follow up we just read over on The Car Connection. As Colin Mathews put it “Could this Southeast phenomenon be a chilling harbinger of energy crises yet to come?”
Georgia and North Carolina commuters are being forced to telecommute, take public transit, carpool, or wait in 15+ minute lines due to the most significant fuel shortages since Presidents Carter and Nixon. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration and the American Petroleum Institute, by way of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, hurricanes Gustav and Ike bear the main responsibility.
The Southeast is seeing a huge hit in gas shortages these days. We are out of Atlanta and it seems as if there is completely no gas of any grade. If you do find regular, 87 RON, huge lines are forming and some are waiting in them for an 1hr or more.
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Atlantans rely on two major pipelines, Colonial and Plantation, to pump fuel from the Gulf of Mexico. Moving at about 3 mph to 5 mph, it can take up to 10 days for gas to travel from Houston to Atlanta. The metro area began to feel the pinch of short supplies about two weeks after Gustav struck, which is about the time Ike came ashore. Continue reading ‘Atlanta’s gas shortage’
